World Health Organization (WHO) Recruitment for Data Manager and Drivers

World Health Organization (WHO) is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.

Purpose of the PositionThe objective of the post is to ensure WHO data management and M&E activities at national level provides all the required technical support aimed at supporting the country to:

Ensure availability of quality, timely, and complete information that guides the surveillance and immunization program

Monitor achievement of recommended surveillance performance indicators for Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP), other Vaccine Preventable Diseases as well as other diseases of public health priority as highlighted in Nigeria's Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) strategy.

Provide evidences through the triangulation of different data available and guide the program;

Build capacity of government staff in data management, through formal and on-job training.

Description of Duties

The incumbent is expected to provide data management support to Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) and WHO country officer in the following specific tasks

Under the overall guidance of the WHO country office representative and over all supervision of IVE focal point and guidance of the M&E Coordinator, the monitoring and evaluation officer will carry out the following specific task:

Ensure quality and timely IDSR data/information is shared with all stakeholders; support all states in the compilation of data for implementation of IDSR.